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at least the pentagon says it's true. and it seems important. not just for the military, not just for politics, but for us as a country. it's our war, right? even the traveling press corps with secretary panetta and even the people who get stories into their papers and on to the wire services about what is going on in afghanistan, even when we are talking about the war, which is rarely, what the press and the politicians who are talking about it seem mostly to be focused on is what happens after two years from now, what happens after the end of 2014. there going to be a thousand americans who stay around in country after combat operations are over? is it a thousand or 6,000 or 10,000? we're told that the president will make a decision soon, that he is reviewing options about the u.s. mission after 2014, about how many residual troops will stay after combat operations are over. but combat operations do not end for another two years. and here is one other thing to consider about this. here are the troop levels, the number of american soldiers depl
at least the pentagon says it's true. and it seems important. not just for the military, not just for politics, but for us as a country. it's our war, right? even the traveling press corps with secretary panetta and even the people who get stories into their papers and on to the wire services about what is going on in afghanistan, even when we are talking about the war, which is rarely, what the press and the politicians who are talking about it seem mostly to be focused on is what happens...
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i think he is not going to be a creep about "don't ask, don't tell" if he gets put in charge of the pentagon who has just gone through hell and high water to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," thank you very much. we don't know if chuck hagel was sorry about his attack on hormel before that might stop him from getting the top job. we don't know if huck hagel is the president's top choice to get nominated for that job. it seems like we only got the first nominee for president obama's new cabinet today because of a meltdown in congress last night. let's hope that we don't have to wait for something quite that dramatic before we get the rest of his nominees too. why do toys for tots and hasbro trust duracell to power their donated toys? duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. they don't help single moms. hi! hi! [ sarah ] what happened to our house last year? [ daughters ] it flooded and the water flooded out. yeah. [ sarah ] the red cross arranged the hotel for us. they gave me that break, that leverage, to
i think he is not going to be a creep about "don't ask, don't tell" if he gets put in charge of the pentagon who has just gone through hell and high water to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," thank you very much. we don't know if chuck hagel was sorry about his attack on hormel before that might stop him from getting the top job. we don't know if huck hagel is the president's top choice to get nominated for that job. it seems like we only got the first nominee for president...
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the pentagon still insisting, i think inexplicably, that they're happy for every other city to mark the end of the iraq war, but they don't want new york city to do that, so there has not been a
the pentagon still insisting, i think inexplicably, that they're happy for every other city to mark the end of the iraq war, but they don't want new york city to do that, so there has not been a
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even though it was supported by the obama administration and by the bush administration and by the pentagon and by the navy and by republicans you might have heard of named henry kissinger, george schultz, colin powell, condoleezza rice. their arguments were no match in the senate for the conspiracy theorists who told republican senators they ought to vote against this thing because, you know, black helicopters or whatever, one world government. occasionally, the conspiracy theories on the right travel even further than to the main stream of republican politics as they did on that issue today. occasionally, the far right conspiracy theories that animate your crazy uncle who watches fox news all day, occasionally, they escape our borders which is when it starts to hit the fan, and that's what just happened. that's coming up. stay with us. ♪ why not try someplace different every morning? get two times the points on dining in restaurants with chase sapphire preferred. [ male announcer ] we believe small things can make a big difference. like how a little oil from here can be such a big thing
even though it was supported by the obama administration and by the bush administration and by the pentagon and by the navy and by republicans you might have heard of named henry kissinger, george schultz, colin powell, condoleezza rice. their arguments were no match in the senate for the conspiracy theorists who told republican senators they ought to vote against this thing because, you know, black helicopters or whatever, one world government. occasionally, the conspiracy theories on the...
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the pentagon still insisting, i think
the pentagon still insisting, i think
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to the missions of those two departments talks about how much the state department is dwarfed by the pentagon in budget and in what they're consequently able to do. is this the sort of thing where the state department just isn't capable, hasn't been resourced enough, and doesn't have the skill and the ability to take care of its outposts abroad in a dangerous world? >> well, they need security. and the marines are there at major embassies, but not at these kinds of outposts. benghazi wasn't even a consulate, really. it was a mission. and then what we later learned was a very large -- relatively large cia annex that wasn't very far from that post. so there was a very small footprint. they relied on the local militia. and they should have been aware. gross mismanagement, grossly understaffed, those are tough words from this report by two top very highly regarded officials, mike mullen and top pickering. so they were relying on local militia. the security videos that were shown to the senate committees last week and the house committees indicated that those militia, those libyans ran, they jumpe
to the missions of those two departments talks about how much the state department is dwarfed by the pentagon in budget and in what they're consequently able to do. is this the sort of thing where the state department just isn't capable, hasn't been resourced enough, and doesn't have the skill and the ability to take care of its outposts abroad in a dangerous world? >> well, they need security. and the marines are there at major embassies, but not at these kinds of outposts. benghazi...
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a huge increase that the pentagon says it does not want. it's been called a force-feeding plan for the pentagon. the romney/ryan spending plan here. but last night martha raddatz's questioning and joe biden's badgering got paul ryan to disavow this plan altogether saying he does not want an increase at all despite the fact it is what he and mr. romney has been campaigning on. paul ryan broke new ground on saying how and why he and mitt romney would overturn roe v. wade and make abortion criminal. his issue on rape in particular has people going nuts today for obvious reasons. we'll be covering that in future shows. joe biden also dipped paul ryan in tar and rolled him in feathers on the issue of the stimulus. and mr. ryan's supposed principles on that issue. we talked about that moments ago with chris hayes. but there are two things that i think are hugely important to the presidential campaign that happened last night. two things that i, frankly, never thought we would get to. and that we got to and, boy, howdy, is this new territory. firs
a huge increase that the pentagon says it does not want. it's been called a force-feeding plan for the pentagon. the romney/ryan spending plan here. but last night martha raddatz's questioning and joe biden's badgering got paul ryan to disavow this plan altogether saying he does not want an increase at all despite the fact it is what he and mr. romney has been campaigning on. paul ryan broke new ground on saying how and why he and mitt romney would overturn roe v. wade and make abortion...
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i think he is not going to be a creep about "don't ask, don't tell" if he gets put in charge of the pentagon who has just gone through hell and high water to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," thank you very much. we don't know if chuck hagel was sorry about his attack on hormel before that might stop him from getting the top job. we don't know if huck hagel is the president's top choice to get nominated for that job. it seems like we only got the first nominee for president obama's new cabinet today because of a meltdown in congress last night. let's hope that we don't have to wait for something quite that dramatic before we get the rest of his nominees too. ♪ ♪ i want candy ♪ ♪ i want candy your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. >>> hey,
i think he is not going to be a creep about "don't ask, don't tell" if he gets put in charge of the pentagon who has just gone through hell and high water to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," thank you very much. we don't know if chuck hagel was sorry about his attack on hormel before that might stop him from getting the top job. we don't know if huck hagel is the president's top choice to get nominated for that job. it seems like we only got the first nominee for president...
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and raising taxes on the rich. 76% of americans support eliminate funding for weapon systems that the pentagon doesn't want. that's the defense cut that republicans have long resisted. remember the american jobs act that was proposed by president obama last fall. that package enjoyed 63% support among the american public. that was apparently enough to render it dead on arrival in washington. last time when talking about oil subsidies, i described it as caper because this phenomenon is if you take a step back and think about it, somewhat mysterious. our basic understanding of the way self-government works is that public opinion, the majority of public opinion, is essentially supposed to be transferred into legislative outcomes. this is not a perfect one to one process. we're not athens. member we don't have plebiscites. we have representative democracy. there's a bunch of complicated bets and whistles and checks and balances in ways the process can be gained. the basic idea in order for democracy to be functioning and credible, there's got to be some rough correlation between what the majority
and raising taxes on the rich. 76% of americans support eliminate funding for weapon systems that the pentagon doesn't want. that's the defense cut that republicans have long resisted. remember the american jobs act that was proposed by president obama last fall. that package enjoyed 63% support among the american public. that was apparently enough to render it dead on arrival in washington. last time when talking about oil subsidies, i described it as caper because this phenomenon is if you...
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he may be replaced by john kerry or chuck hagel or top pentagon official, ashton carter or michelle flouryon. the special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan, mark grossman, the man that took over after richard holbrooke died. he too is stepping down from that envoy to afghanistan and pakistan. hillary clinton may be replaced by susan rice or somebody else. hillary clinton says she, herself, will not be staying on for the second term. so if you just want to focus on the war for a second, it is all change in terms of the leadership for the top officials in year 12 of america's longest war. all change for everybody in top roles there except for the president and the vice president and the 66,000 americans who are still in afghanistan fighting that war. america's war in afghanistan is not due to end this year or next year. it is not due to end until the end of the year after that, at the end of 2014. that's the date by which president obama says the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan will end. it seems important to note that that is the latest possible date by which the president says the combat
he may be replaced by john kerry or chuck hagel or top pentagon official, ashton carter or michelle flouryon. the special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan, mark grossman, the man that took over after richard holbrooke died. he too is stepping down from that envoy to afghanistan and pakistan. hillary clinton may be replaced by susan rice or somebody else. hillary clinton says she, herself, will not be staying on for the second term. so if you just want to focus on the war for a second, it is...
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she's held several big jobs at the pentagon and is very well respected. ashton carter, currently the number two, he has actually spent the last few years wrangling with the defense industry and also with congress, so he comes in with that kind of nuts and bolts experience of how to work through this period of reshaping. >> and when you think about hagel's personal views on iran, because that's, i think, the most substantive of the foreign policy critiques against him, what are they and do they matter for this job? sometimes i hear him and it sounds more like a secretary of defense issue than a secretary of state issue. >> if you remember, it has not been a year since we had a crisis of going to war with iran, so i imagine we'll have at least one more with hagel's tenure. we should exhaust options before we think of a military strike on iran, and that, fortunately or unfortunately, depending how you look at it, a military strike on iran will not necessarily stop iran's nuclear program, and hagel has been quite skeptical about it, a skepticism which is shar
she's held several big jobs at the pentagon and is very well respected. ashton carter, currently the number two, he has actually spent the last few years wrangling with the defense industry and also with congress, so he comes in with that kind of nuts and bolts experience of how to work through this period of reshaping. >> and when you think about hagel's personal views on iran, because that's, i think, the most substantive of the foreign policy critiques against him, what are they and do...
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held a news conference at the pentagon, and he announced there a new overall national plan for defense. reducing the size of the military not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but back toward that. reducing the defense budget not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but at least to start to slow that budget's extortionate growth. >> over the past ten years, since 9/11, our defense budget grew at an extraordinary pace. over the next ten years the growth in the defense budget will slow, but the fact of the matter is this. it will still grow. because we have global responsibilities that demand our leadership. in fact, the defense budget will still be larger than it was towards the end of the bush administration. and i firmly believe, and i think the american people understand that we can keep our military strong and our nation secure with a defense budget that continues to be larger than roughly the next ten countries' combined. >> this new plan the president announced today at the pentagon also entails what i think is an important demotion, a
held a news conference at the pentagon, and he announced there a new overall national plan for defense. reducing the size of the military not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but back toward that. reducing the defense budget not back to where it was before the iraq and afghanistan wars but at least to start to slow that budget's extortionate growth. >> over the past ten years, since 9/11, our defense budget grew at an extraordinary pace. over the next ten years...
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city is where we civilians traditionally have welcomed home the troops at the end of the wars, the pentagon does not want that for iraq veterans in new york. everywhere else in the country they think it's fine. not new york city for some reason. new york veterans of the iraq war do not get a public welcome home and the country does not get a chance to say welcome home and thank you and we're glad the war is over in a traditional kind of way for some reason. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our support teams are nearby, ready to help. it's no wonder so many investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and t
city is where we civilians traditionally have welcomed home the troops at the end of the wars, the pentagon does not want that for iraq veterans in new york. everywhere else in the country they think it's fine. not new york city for some reason. new york veterans of the iraq war do not get a public welcome home and the country does not get a chance to say welcome home and thank you and we're glad the war is over in a traditional kind of way for some reason. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, you...